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Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016/Civil liberties

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Hillary Clinton announced her presidential run on April 12, 2015.[1]

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See below what Hillary Clinton and the 2016 Democratic Party Platform said about civil liberties.

Democratic Party Clinton on civil liberties

  • Hillary Clinton expressed support for a federal lawsuit by the NAACP and Greater Birmingham Ministries alleging Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by requiring photo ID to vote. Her campaign released the following statement December 3, 2015: “The right to vote is essential to our democracy, and so Hillary Clinton strongly supports the NAACP’s efforts to right the wrongs of Gov. [Robert] Bentley and the Alabama Legislature. Voting rights are an illusion if the state requires people to have voter IDs and then makes it much harder for people to get them. This misguided law could disenfranchise over a quarter of a million voters in Alabama and result in suppressing the voices of African American and Latino voters, depriving them of their basic civil rights.”[2]
  • Clinton expressed support for Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Muslim student from Texas who was handcuffed when school officials thought a homemade clock he brought to school was a bomb. “Assumptions and fear don't keep us safe—they hold us back. Ahmed, stay curious and keep building,” tweeted Clinton on September 16, 2015.[3]
  • Speaking at Texas Southern University on June 4, 2015, Clinton criticized Republicans for "systematically and deliberately trying to stop millions of American citizens from voting." Clinton recommended restoring the Voting Rights Act, expanding early and absentee voting, creating a national early in-person voting period that lasts at least 20 days, and establishing universal and automatic voter registration for Americans when they turn 18.[4][5]
Marijuana
  • In 2016, Hillary Clinton received a grade of B+ from the Marijuana Policy Project for her support of medicinal marijuana research and the reclassification of marijuana as a Schedule II drug.[6]
  • According to her 2016 presidential campaign website, Clinton believed that federal law enforcement should be focused on violent crime rather than simple marijuana possession. It continued, "Marijuana arrests, including for simple possession, account for a large number of drug arrests. Significant racial disparities exist in marijuana enforcement—black men are significantly more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than their white counterparts, despite the fact that their usage rates are similar. Hillary will allow states that have enacted marijuana laws to act as laboratories of democracy and reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II substance."[7]
  • On November 7, 2015, Clinton proposed loosening restrictions on marijuana and rescheduling the drug in order to spur medical research. She said, "What I do want is for us to support research into medical marijuana because a lot more states have passed medical marijuana than have legalized marijuana, so we have got two different experiences or even experiments going on right now. The problem with medical marijuana is there is a lot of anecdotal evidence about how well it works for certain conditions. But we haven't done any research. Why? Because it is considered that is called a schedule one drug and you can't even do research in it." She recommended reclassifying the drug to Schedule II.[8]
  • Clinton said on October 14, 2015, that she would like Colorado to continue experimenting with marijuana policy. She said, “I really believe it’s important that states like Colorado lead the way so we can learn what works and what doesn’t work. I would certainly not want the federal government to interfere with the legal decision made by the people of Colorado.”[9]
  • In June 2014, Clinton said that she supported medical marijuana use “for people who are in extreme medical conditions." When asked about legalizing marijuana for recreational use, she said, "We have at least two states that are experimenting with that right now. I want to wait and see what the evidence is." Clinton said she would never try marijuana. "Absolutely not. I didn’t do it when I was young, I’m not going to start now," she said.[10]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ CNN, "Hillary Clinton launches second presidential bid," April 12, 2015
  2. ↑ AL.com, "Hillary Clinton backs Alabama voter ID lawsuit," December 3, 2015
  3. ↑ Fortune, "#IStandWithAhmed: Arrested 14-year-old gains presidential support," September 16, 2015
  4. ↑ C-SPAN, "Hillary Clinton on Voting Rights," June 4, 2015
  5. ↑ Hillary for America, "Hillary Clinton: We should make it easier to vote," June 4, 2015
  6. ↑ Marijuana Policy Project, "2016 Presidential Candidates," accessed August 9, 2016
  7. ↑ Hillary for America, "Criminal justice reform," accessed August 9, 2016
  8. ↑ CNN, "Hillary Clinton proposes loosening restrictions on marijuana," November 7, 2015
  9. ↑ KUSA, "Hillary Clinton: Feds shouldn't 'interfere with' legal pot," October 14, 2015
  10. ↑ The Huffington Post, "Hillary Clinton Leaves Door Open On Marijuana Legalization," June 18, 2014
  11. ↑ Democratic Party, "The 2016 Democratic Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
  12. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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